1889–90 Football League

The Football League

Season	1889–90
Champions	Preston North End 2nd English title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	611 (4.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Ross (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Preston North End 10–0 Stoke (14 September 1889)
Biggest away win	Accrington 1–8 Notts County (12 October 1889)
Highest scoring	Preston North End 10–0 Stoke (14 September 1889) Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Notts County (16 November 1889) Wolverhampton Wanderers 9–1 Burnley (7 December 1889)
Longest winning run	6 matches Everton Preston North End
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches Accrington Blackburn Rovers Preston North End
Longest losing run	10 matches Stoke
Average attendance	5,466
← 1888–89 1890–91 →

The 1889–90 Football League was the second season of English league football, with Preston North End being crowned as the champions for the second successive season. The clubs competing were the 12 original clubs which were the founders of the league the previous year. Unlike the modern system, two points were awarded for a win, with one for a draw and no points for a loss; this system remained until three points for a win were awarded beginning with the 1981–82 season.

Final league table

During the first five seasons of the league (until the 1893–94 season), the re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Preston North End	22	15	3	4	71	30	2.367	33	League Champions
2	Everton	22	14	3	5	65	40	1.625	31
3	Blackburn Rovers	22	12	3	7	78	41	1.902	27	FA Cup Winners
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	10	5	7	51	38	1.342	25
5	West Bromwich Albion	22	11	3	8	47	50	0.940	25
6	Accrington	22	9	6	7	53	56	0.946	24
7	Derby County	22	9	3	10	43	55	0.782	21
8	Aston Villa	22	7	5	10	43	51	0.843	19
9	Bolton Wanderers	22	9	1	12	54	65	0.831	19
10	Notts County	22	6	5	11	43	51	0.843	17	Re-elected
11	Burnley	22	4	5	13	36	65	0.554	13
12	Stoke	22	3	4	15	27	69	0.391	10	Not re-elected

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	AST	BLB	BOL	BUR	DER	EVE	NTC	PNE	STK	WBA	WOL
Accrington		4–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	6–1	5–3	1–8	2–2	2–1	0–0	6–3
Aston Villa	1–2		3–0	1–2	2–2	7–1	1–2	1–1	5–3	6–1	1–0	2–1
Blackburn Rovers	3–2	7–0		7–1	7–1	4–2	2–4	9–1	3–4	8–0	5–0	4–3
Bolton Wanderers	2–4	2–0	3–2		2–2	7–1	3–4	0–4	2–6	5–0	7–0	4–1
Burnley	2–2	2–6	1–2	7–0		2–0	0–1	3–0	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–2
Derby County	2–3	5–0	4–0	3–2	4–1		2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–3
Everton	2–2	7–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	3–0		5–3	1–5	8–0	5–1	1–1
Notts County	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–5	1–1	3–1	4–3		0–1	3–1	1–2	0–2
Preston North End	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	6–0	5–0	1–2	4–3		10–0	5–0	0–2
Stoke	7–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	3–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2		1–3	2–1
West Bromwich Albion	4–1	3–0	3–2	6–3	6–1	2–3	4–1	4–2	2–2	2–1		1–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	1–1	2–4	5–1	9–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and Rothmans.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton Wanderers

Burnley

Derby County

Everton

Notts County

Preston North End

Stoke

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League teams

Re-election process

At the Football League election meeting no vote was taken, and it was agreed that Burnley and Notts County were re-elected and that Sunderland was elected in place of Stoke, who played in the Football Alliance the following season but returned to the Football League after a year's absence.

The applications of Football Alliance sides Bootle, Darwen, Grimsby Town, Newton Heath and Sunderland Albion were rejected.

Attendances

Everton FC drew the highest average home attendance in the second edition of the Football League.

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Everton FC	11	10,110
2	Preston North End	11	7,650
3	Blackburn Rovers	11	7,205
4	Aston Villa	11	5,870
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	5,530
6	Burnley FC	11	5,400
7	Bolton Wanderers	11	5,325
8	West Bromwich Albion	11	4,870
9	Derby County	11	3,900
10	Notts County	11	3,400
11	Stoke City	11	3,275
12	Accrington FC	11	3,055

See also

• 1889–90 in English football
• 1889 in association football
• 1890 in association football

External links

• "Final 1889/1890 English Division 1 (old) Table". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
• "England 1889-90". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.